If we live long enough, many of us will eventually start to exhibit telltale signs of frailty, from unsteady feet to mental confusion. Yet not all. Think of Julia Hawkins, who set world records in the 100-metre sprint after taking up running at age 100. Or the journalist Leonard Barden, who still files weekly chess…
A sudden release of pressure allowed a copper-based compound to superconduct at the highest temperature yet for atmospheric pressure, a study claims.
March 9, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Stand Up for Science protests spread to more than 50 cities Speakers at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C., criticized the politicization of science and cuts to research that serves the public By Dan Vergano edited by Claire Cameron Former National…
Homo habilis lived in East Africa up to 2 million years ago Natural History Museum, London/Alamy This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Homo habilis is a paradoxical species. On the one hand, they have a famous name…
The St. Elias Mountains in southeast Alaska are dotted with over 100 lakes where glaciers crumble into milky, turquoise water. Those lakes are expanding at an ever-quickening pace. The lakes will quadruple in size over the next century or two, scientists report March 9 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This growth…
March 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Long-lost page of Archimedes’ writings rediscovered in France The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest, an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek mathematician Archimedes By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron An engraving of the death of Archimedes. The Archimedes Palimpsest…
Black smoke rises after fires broke out following US-Israel attacks targeting oil storage facilities in Tehran, Iran, on 8 March Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images The skies in northern Iran were dark with smoke on 8 March as the US and Israeli bombing campaign against the country continued, and black rain even fell on the…
March 9, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Stunning video shows huge fireball blazing over Europe A large, bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday, with some observers saying they could hear the rock’s explosive descent from the ground By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner A massive fireball streaked through the…
Illustration of Graecopithecus freybergi, an ape that lived 7.2 million years ago in south-eastern Europe Velizar Simeonovski, Chicago Apes may have been walking upright in what is now Bulgaria 7.2 million years ago. So say researchers who have found a leg bone that shows signs of bipedal walking. The leg bone is older than any…
Suspicious cells build up in mice that haven’t given birth, a new study finds. They could help explain a longstanding mystery of breast cancer biology.
